Positive Future #654 (Feature photo – the 1600s – Public Domain ) The U.S. Energy Administration just reported that U.S. energy consumption finally reached the same level as energy consumption in 2007. The eleven-year period from 2007 through 2018 represents a rather flat period in terms of energy consumption. One wonders, is this is due…
Touch the Soil News #1518 (Feature photo – Green Empire Farms Greenhouse – courtesy of Havecon-Mastronardi) Greenhouse Grower brings us news of the almost finished Green Empire Farms greenhouse facility. To be the largest in the U.S., the 2.8 million square foot greenhouse will produce berries, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. The greenhouse is located near…
Positive Future #653 (Feature photo – Atlis Truck Basic Frame – courtesy of Atlis Motor Vehicles ) News of new automotive companies seem to be the order of the day. Some of them are re-inventing automobile production and drivetrains that are not piston-driven. The latest making news is a company called Atlis -bringing new ideas…
Positive Future #652 (Feature photo – Berlin Olympic Stadium – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Martjin Mureau) Germany is inventing a new grass-roots way for citizens to intervene in the political process. German law states that a petition with over 50,000 signatures must be put on the agenda of the federal government for discussion and…
Positive Future #651 (Feature photo – Red-Eye Frog from Costa Rica– Public Domain ) There is much rhetoric and debate over rejuvenating that natural world for future generations. Costa Rica, a poor Central American nation of 5 million people has gone from rainforest destruction to doubling its rainforests over the past 30 years. It is…
Touch the Soil News #1516 (Feature photo – Ukrainian Farmland – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Vian) Farmland Grab brings us the story of Ukraine farmland and its peoples who may be overrun by foreign farmland ownership. If you lose your farm – in a nation with few economic safety nets – you are…
Touch the Soil News #1515 (Feature photo – Forest Trails Near Tsawassen – By Vranak – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25637269) The Western Producer News brings us the latest on a new agrihood – a housing development built around food and farming. Located in Tsawassen, British Columbia, the 537-acre development will include a 50-acre…
Touch the Soil News #1514 (Feature photo – Rob Greenfield – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Sean Aranda) The Guardian brings us the story of Rob Green (https://robgreenfield.tv/). Green didn’t buy and food from a grocery store, eat at a restaurant or go to a bar. In addition, Green lives in a tiny house…
Positive Future #650 (Feature photo – Audi E-Tron – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Alexander Migl ) Audi announced that of its planned $41 billion into research development and new facilities, $13 billion would be for electrics. That equates to $2.6 billion a year. By 2025, Audi plans to have 20 fully electric models…
Positive Future #649 (Feature photo – Rivian Truck – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, Richard Truesdell) You’ve got to have a pretty good product and concept to raise $2.8 billion for an electric truck that is not planned for manufacturing till 2021. Leading the investment charge, however, are the likes of Ford Motor Company…
